diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2511.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2511.section.md
index d3cff7b638e7..0e80b43edd28 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2511.section.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2511.section.md
@@ -135,6 +135,8 @@
 
 - `services.dnscrypt-proxy2` gains a `package` option to specify dnscrypt-proxy package to use.
 
+- `services.nextcloud.configureRedis` now defaults to `true` in accordance with upstream recommendations to have caching for file locking. See the [upstream doc](https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/31/admin_manual/configuration_files/files_locking_transactional.html) for further details.
+
 - `services.gitea` supports sending notifications with sendmail again. To do this, activate the parameter `services.gitea.mailerUseSendmail` and configure SMTP server.
 
 - `libvirt` now supports using `nftables` backend.
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/nextcloud.nix b/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/nextcloud.nix
index dcee09968bc1..86ee09b87df3 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/nextcloud.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/nextcloud.nix
@@ -772,11 +772,14 @@ in
 
     configureRedis = lib.mkOption {
       type = lib.types.bool;
-      default = config.services.nextcloud.notify_push.enable;
-      defaultText = lib.literalExpression "config.services.nextcloud.notify_push.enable";
+      default = true;
       description = ''
         Whether to configure Nextcloud to use the recommended Redis settings for small instances.
 
+        ::: {.note}
+        The Nextcloud system check recommends to configure either Redis or Memcache for file lock caching.
+        :::
+
         ::: {.note}
         The `notify_push` app requires Redis to be configured. If this option is turned off, this must be configured manually.
         :::
diff --git a/nixos/tests/nextcloud/with-mysql-and-memcached.nix b/nixos/tests/nextcloud/with-mysql-and-memcached.nix
index 5b2cd4976064..f05dcd0a9835 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/nextcloud/with-mysql-and-memcached.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/nextcloud/with-mysql-and-memcached.nix
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ runTest (
           services.nextcloud = {
             caching = {
               apcu = true;
-              redis = false;
               memcached = true;
             };
             config.dbtype = "mysql";
+            configureRedis = false;
           };
 
           services.memcached.enable = true;